john68 wrote:Another point worth mentioning is that football at this level no longer exists. Football lost thre battle between the sport faction and the purely financial faction many years ago.
Football is no longer a sport, it is wholly and entirely a business run by financiers for the benefit of financiers who's sole aim is to maximise profits. Football is just the vehicle being used by them.
What we are seeing and City are a part of; is a battle between major financial interests mostly, who had and are grouped together trying their dammedest to stop another non cartel financial interest becoming too powerful it inhibits the cartel members' interests.
A bit like Tesco, Asda & Morrisons grouping together to stop any further rise of Alsi or Lidle.
As it stands, City are the biggest threat to that cartel and therefore must be stopped domestically and globally. City have become too rich, too powerful an far too successful and the game at all levels is in danger of becoming uncompetitive and the cartel have to stop that at all costs.
I was told many years ago by a very successful businessman that I to stop thinking like a football fan and that thinking like a businessman would help me make sense of it. I did and it did
Being a simpleton John, I always look at City rise and the big guns discontent towards it in a simple way. You win the lottery and have always framed if opening up a clothes shop on the High Street. There are a few big names clothes shops on said street so you heavily invest in yours to make it stand out and look the best, make it the most attractive to custom. You lose money in the shirt term due to level of investment but given time you reap the rewards. The other shops are jealous as fuck but there's fuck all they can do about it. Bit like your Supermarkets. Only in football the top cats can force rule changes to suit their ow agenda.